THURSTON MOORE ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It's Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth's birthday today 25yh July.

Happy Birthday.

Wounded Knee : Free EP

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Recorded on the 16th April 2010 in Alloway, close to Burn's Cottage, produced by Chris Dooks. Thanks to The University of The West of Scotland, Eleanor Dooks and Bar Libertine.We were so lucky to record this exclusive three track E.P. with WK and the evening gig was incredible - Mr Knee put in a hard day's work with Ayrtime and then went on to perform in a near-capacity crowd at Bar Libertine. The blurb from Benbecula records below says it all!Edinburgh-based Wounded Knee's live work is a mesmerising hallucinatory trip of vocal loops and found instruments. A postmodern Hebridean waulking song ethic, along with one of the most accomplished dramatic tenors in contemporary music, forms a unique hypnotic and honest sound that is without cliché or match. During 2008-9 WK's live style mediated toward improvised journeys into vocal realisation with performances reaching an almost primal level. Song, spoken word and sound effects drawing influences from as far afield as Gaelic psalm, improvisation and throat techniques à la Bobby McFerrin and even scat. At the heart, a modern symbiosis of folk and mantra, culminating in an artist who is unique, playful and captivating. [text, benbecula.com]

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http://www.ayrtime.org/knee.html

Alisdair Roberts : Free EP

Recorded on the 2nd of April 2010 in Alloway, close to Burn's Cottage, produced by Chris Dooks. Thanks to The University of The West of Scotland, Eleanor Dooks and Bar Libertine.
If you weren't at this gig then you missed a real treat. Alasdair gave us a cracking hour and twenty of his ghostly ballads, middle-age tunings and communication with the ancestors. It was completely beautiful. And not only that, Alasdair and Ayrtime recorded this wonderful EXCLUSIVE four track digital EP especially for us! This EP features an unreleased track and also a preview of Roberts new album 2010's 'Too Long In This Condition'. The Man was on the cover of The Wire magazine for goodness sakes!The E.P. is free for all Ayrtime punters and beyond."Alasdair Roberts has released three excellent albums as Appendix Out and five under his own name, his spectral folk drawing comparisons with fellow travellers such as Will Oldham. Although [primarily] original works, Roberts’s records have been infused with the enduring melodies and lyrical twists of ancient folk music." (The Observer)
"Roberts discovers the inner mystery of traditional music and shows that if this infinitely expressive material is respected, it may yet reward us with results that sound utterly unprecedented." (The Times)
Alasdair Roberts has toured and trodden the boards with such artists as Joanna Newsom, Magnolia Electric Co, Bill Callahan/Smog, Dick Gaughan, Waterson/Carthy, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Eddi Reader (doing The Songs of Robert Burns), The Anomoanon, Shirley Collins, Richard Youngs and too many others to mention. For the Ayrtime podcast Alasdair will hopefully give us an exclusive session to distribute.

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http://www.ayrtime.org/roberts.html

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The Pogues : Peel Sessions

The Pogues recorded 2 sessions for the late, great John Peel's Radio One show, both in 1984.

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Get both sessions here courtesy of Burning Aquarium

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Tracklisting:

Streams Of Whiskey *

Greenland Whale Fisheries *

Auld Triangle *

Whiskey, You're The Devil ^

Danny Boy ^

Sally MacLennane ^

The Navigator ^

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* Recorded 10/04/84

* First Broadcast 17/04/84

^ Recorded 04/12/84

^ First Broadcast 12/12/84

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Both sessions were recorded at Maida Vale Studio 5 and were produced by Mark Radcliffe.

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Another track 'Boys From The County Hell' was recorded for the first session but wasn't broadcast.

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Remember to visit the excellent

Burning Aquarium blog

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Save BBC 6music

Help save 6music here. It only takes a minute.

If you need to know how important 6music is check out the website.

Have a look at the playlists for various shows. Check out the recent sessions recorded exclusively for the station. Look at the list of presenters ....

Please .... let's do allwe can to save this fantastic radio station.

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TEENAGE FANCLUB [new song]

Scotland's favourite sons Teenage Fanclub release their latest album 'Shadows' on May 31st.

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Tracklisting:
Sometimes I Don’t Need To Believe In Anything
Baby Lee
The Fall
Into The City
Dark Clouds
The Past
Shock And Awe
When I Still Have Thee
Live With The Seasons
Sweet Days Waiting
The Back Of My Mind
Today Never Ends

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Get a free and legal download of album track 'Baby Lee'

here

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http://www.teenagefanclub.com

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FLEET FOXES

Like Bob Dylan? Like Fleet Foxes? You'll love this ....

Recorded for BBC6 Music last year, check out this version of Dylan's 'It Aint Me Babe' here.

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peenko.blogspot

ALEX CHILTON

ALEX CHILTON

28-12-50 to 17-03-10

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Influential U.S. singer-songwriter Alex Chilton died last week at the age of 59. Chilton started his music career as singer with 60's band The Box Tops who had a massive hit worldwide with 'The Letter'. After the band split Chilton joined Big Star where critical acclaim rather than mega sales was the order of the day. Alex was a major influence on many of today's 'alternative'bands none more so than Scotland's own Teenage Fanclub.

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Get the compilation album '1970' here.

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http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com

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Book Choice : From The Mull To The Cape

From The Mull To The Cape [A Gentle Bike Ride On The Edge Of Wilderness]

by Richard Guise

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The tale of a middle aged Englishman's Highland bike ride from the Mull of Kintyre in the South to Cape Wrath in the North.

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Here's the video to Colin MacIntyre's (ex Mull Historical Society) Cape Wrath. Don't worry, I wouldn't inflict Mull of Kintyre on you :)

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The Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action

Now a band that I know very little about. I've only heard a few tracks by The Flamin' Groovies but all have been superb. I really need to get some of their albums. Formed in San Francisco in 1965 the band released the album 'Shake Some Action' in 1976 and at the time played gigs with punk bands like The Ramones. You can find some of their songs including this one on punk/new wave compilations of the time even though it has a very 60's sound.
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Book Choice: If I Die In A Combat Zone [Tim O'Brien]

I had never heard of this book until last week when I saw it for sale in the local Poundland store which is quite surprising as it seems to be classed as a classic of it's time (it was first published in 1973) and is still highly regarded now. It is quite a personal account of one man's tour of duty in Vietnam. What you get in the book is as far removed from the gung-ho bravery depicted in so many Vietnam war movies. O'Brien tells us all about the fear and anxieties he felt even before he landed in the war zone. It is surprising that he even made it to the frontline at all as he is quite honest in telling us how he planned to escape the soldier's life by fleeing to Sweden. All in all a brilliant read that may not be to the taste of anyone who shares the Hollywood view of the war.

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Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam

Arab Strap : The Shy Retirer E.P.

01 - The Shy Retirer (Radio Edit)

02 - Why Can't This Be Love

03 - The Good Part

04 - The New Saturday

05 - You Shook Me All Night Long

06 - The Shy Retirer (Remixed by Dirty Hospital)

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Arab Strap

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Thanks to: http://moodyplaces.blogspot.com/

Keith Floyd

KEITH FLOYD

28 December 1943 – 14 September 2009

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TV Chef Keith Floyd died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 65. In the days of young clean cut chefs appearing constantly on our television screens Floyd was a refreshing change. With a glass or bottle in some cases, of wine always close at hand Floyd would bark orders at his cameraman as he threw the ingredients almost without thought into a huge pan watched by groups of bemused locals. Whether it be in China, Italy or the South Coast of England the audience always looked on in disbelief as this drunk looking man managed to produce amazing dishes from the aparent chaos. Keith Floyd to me was and always will be the Punk Chef.

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The_Pogues_-_Streams_Of_Whiskey

Tom_Waits_-_Gin_Soaked_Boy

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My Bloody Valentine : You Made Me Realise

5 track EP released on Creation in 1988.
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01 You Made Me Realise

02 Slow

03 Thorn

04 Cigarette In Your Bed

05 Drive It All Over Me

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The Fall : Ed's Babe

Been listening to lots of The Fall today so here courtesy of Moody_Places is the 1992 single Ed's Babe.

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Tracks:

01 - Ed's Babe

02 - Pumpkin Head Xscapes

03 - The Knight The Devil And Death

04 - Free Ranger

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Mercury Rev - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp [EP]

This single released in 1998 on V2 records is taken from one of my all time favourite albums Deserters_Songs. This version of the single is different from the one in my collection* and is actually better in my opinion. The second track is a cracking cover of a John Lennon song from his Imagine album -
1 Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
2 I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier
3 Philadelphia
4 Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp [Chemical Brothers Remix]
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* While I try to only post stuff from my own collection on here sometimes it is quicker and easier to post stuff from another blog rather than ripping/uploading it myself. Whenever I do this I will always post a thanks and/or a link to that particular blog. So for more Mercury Rev and other great stuff please visit this great blog http://mapref41n93w.blogspot.com/
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The Frank & Walters : After All

Named after a couple of tramps in their home of Cork in Ireland, the Frank and Walters were, along with the Sultans of Ping FC, part of the short-lived popularity of the Cork rock scene. This single was released in 1992 on Go! Discs.
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1 After All
2 Love Is In The Air
3 I'm A Believer
4 Funky Cold Medina
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Book Choice : Driving Big Davie [Colin Bateman]

Whenever I'm looking for an 'easy' read I often to turn to Colin Bateman. To say that his books are an easy read isn't a put down. Sometimes I just fancy reaing something that speeds along at great pace without making me think too much about it. I found this book in a local charity shop the other day, hardback, mint condition and only £1. Opening it up the very first page mentioned one of my favourite songwriters, Joe Strummer. Well that was me hooked and within a night and a bit yet another Bateman book was read.

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Wire : Peel Sessions

Tracks :

01 Practice Makes Perfect

02 I Am The Fly

03 Culture Vultures

04 106 Beats That

05 The Other Window

06 Mutual Friend

07 On Returning

08 Indirect Enquiries

09 Crazy about Love

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Tracks 1-4 : Recorded 18-01-78

Tracks 5-8 : Recorded 02-09-78

Track 9 : recorded 11-09-79

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http://stealingofanation.blogspot.com

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Book Choice : The Road To Nab End [William Woodruff]

A few weeks ago while out for a beer or two with some friends I got talking to someone at the bar, just the normal pub conversation which soon turned to music, films and books. My new aquaintance told me he had just finished a book called 'The Road To Nab End' and recommended I should read it. The town I live in doesn't have a decent book shop and I couldn't find a copy in the local library so it looked like I would have to order it online or wait until my next visit to Glasgow to purchase a copy. However a few days later while browsing in a local charity shop I found a hardback copy for £2. Result!
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The book itself is an autobiographical work telling the story of his impoverished upbringing in Lancashire during the Great Depression. The story itself tells us much about the social conditions of the time as families struggled to survive during some of the bleakest times ever. It really is a story of hardship but through this hardship there is always hope and above all love. There is a sense of family values that just don't exist anymore and although nobody could ever look back on those times with any great fondness there is a feeling that something special has been lost since those days. I found the book very illuminating and a fantastic piece of social commentary from that time.